Frequency measurement of the 2S-12D transitions in hydrogen and deuterium, new determination of the rydberg constant

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-181

  Schwob, C ^a   Jozefowski, L ^a   Acef, O ^b   Hilico, L ^a   De Beauvoir, B ^a   Nez, F ^a   Julien, L ^a   Clairon, A ^b   Biraben, F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

^b BNM/OP   (France)

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EID: 0001996194     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769557     Document Type: Article

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